See go in one ear and out the other in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "masuk kuping kiri, keluar kuping kanan"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"roman": "hanjjok gwiro deutgo hanjjok gwiro heullyeobeorida",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"note": "в одно́ у́хо влета́ет, в друго́е вылета́ет (v odnó úxo vletájet, v drugóje vyletájet, literally “flies in one ear, flies out the other”)",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"word": "entrar por unha orella e saír pola outra"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "egyik fülén be, a másikon ki"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "innum eitt eyrað og útum hitt"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "masuk kuping kiri, keluar kuping kanan"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to"
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"roman": "oka cevitō vini marō cevitō vadileyyaḍaṁ",
"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "ఒక చెవితో విని మరో చెవితో వదిలెయ్యడం"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
"word": "เข้าหูซ้ายทะลุหูขวา"
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"sense": "to be heard but not attended to",
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